sixties

The sixties was one of the most tumultuous decades of the twentieth century. Although today many who were alive at the time tend to romanticize it as the era of peace and love, hippies and flower power, and the Beatles and Woodstock, the 1960s was also a decade of war, political assassinations, and a volatile cultural climate which pitted the young against the old.

Driven by the twin issues of civil rights and America's involvement in the Vietnam War, mostly college-aged protesters demonstrated in cities and on college campuses across the nation. The young generation further demonstrated its complete rejection of the values of their parents by openly experimenting with psychedelic drugs and the new sexual concepts of free love. Led by the Beatles and Bob Dylan, the rock music of the sixties reflected these same political and cultural values, producing wildly experimental and innovative works ranging from Sgt. Pepper to Blonde On Blonde.

The sixties are also remembered for the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert, as well as civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Other landmark events of the period include the United States landing a man on the moon and the 1969 Woodstock music festival.

Today the sixties continue to be analyzed and celebrated on cultural and historical blogs like hippy.com and Sixties City.

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• A glimpse into the world of fashion during the hippie revolution…

  
  The Dark Phantom Review — Authority: 92
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• Thorne Webb Dreyer : Peace and Justice Activist Tom Hayden on Rag Radio

  
  The Rag Blog — Authority: 113
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• Johnny Pearson - The Rat Catchers/ Weavers Green

  
  Left and To The Back — Authority: 100
  Label: Columbia Year of Release: 1966 Spy series "The Rat Catchers" was a firm favourite on British television in 1966 and 1967, produced by the Rediffusion television company and broadcasting a total of 25 episodes. A huge part of the reason the series seems to be very rarely referenced now is due to the fact that ...
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• Embassy Big 4 - Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere/ Mr Tambourine Man

  
  Left and To The Back — Authority: 100
  Label: Embassy Year of Release: 1965 Weve been here before, and regular readers will know the drill, but for the benefit of those of you who have just tuned into this blog... Embassy were a tireless label in the early sixties, churning out endless discs of session musicians covering the hits of the day. Their ...
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• Mensday: A Real Man

  
  Get some Vintage-a-Peel — Authority: 104
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• Book Review: Call For the Dead by John le Carré (1961)

  
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• mid-month check-in

  
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• How to take a Volkswagen Beetle apart in seconds

  
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• Gale Garnett &The Gentle Reign - Sausalito Heliport (1969)

  
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• Dora Hall - Its All Over

  
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• Whats Up Tiger Lily Opening Credits

  
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• Santorum: Out of a job? I got nothing for ya

  
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• The Lips of America

  
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  In a hyper-sexualised fashion Warhol isolates the lips of a super star. Isolated and repeated like the soup cans and coke bottles that he painted in the 60s. As though Marilyns lips were a product of endless consumption, an isolated consumer gift. Unlike the lips of the Mona Lisa for example - Marilyns lips chatter ...
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• Saturday Night Sixties

  
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• As usual...

  
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• When Normal and Rock and Roll Worlds Collide

  
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